Encourage

(verb.) spur on; 'His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife'.

(verb.) inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to.

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• It is not as you think, that I have another in my mind, for I do not encourage anybody, and never have in my life. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It has been involuntary, and I will not encourage it. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• To encourage tillage, by keeping up the price of corn, even in the most plentiful years, was the avowed end of the institution. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I can't encourage it. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Encourage the people by your presence. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• No more would Emmy by any means encourage her admirer, the Major. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• But as life means nothing to me, without one thing which is now impossible, you will forgive me for not being able to encourage you. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Topsy had an uncommon verbal memory, and committed with a fluency that greatly encouraged her instructress. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I encouraged Doctor Manette in this idea, because I felt that it might one day be consolatory to her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Encouraged by these disasters of the imperial power, the Ionian cities in Asia began for a second time to revolt against the Persians. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• General Taylor encouraged officers to accompany these expeditions. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We were always encouraged to read, and had all the masters that were necessary. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• He would save himself from witnessing again such permitted, encouraged attentions. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He professed himself more relieved and encouraged than he really was, and approached his second and last point. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It is he who encourages me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• St. Clare, I believe, encourages her in it. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Mr Wrayburn encourages those notions to make himself of importance, and so she thinks she ought to be grateful to him, and perhaps even likes to be. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It neither encourages nor discourages improvement. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• What has happened in the schoolroom encourages me to persevere in the investigation. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But still it really, and in the end, encourages that species of industry which it means to promote. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It is chiefly by encouraging the manufactures of Europe, that the colony trade indirectly encourages its agriculture. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It is encouraging people to marry if you make so much of them. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• As regards its quantity and quality, the accounts are most encouraging. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Our out-of-door life easily threw one in my way, and I delicately said that there was a responsibility in encouraging Richard. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Miss Price, will not you join me in encouraging your cousin? 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The nondescript replied in encouraging terms, and brought him to a coffee-shop in the street within a stone's throw. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It was clear what the end would be, since Mary openly placed Farebrother above everybody, and these women were all evidently encouraging the affair. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It was impossible to make the confession more dispassionately, or in a tone less encouraging to the vanity of the person addressed. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.

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